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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, no matter how good a Western HS may be, too many parents in that part of the city are still going to choose private without even thinking about DCPS.

The "clientele that DME wants to buy into DCPS" are actually everywhere else.  Especially in the center-city where there's currently nothing worth buying.[/quote]

Simply not true.  Many parents in that part of the city would be happy to continue in DCPS if there were more Deal-like options, and then more Wilson-like options.  They have opted out along the way because they don't see a straight path to a decent school.  So the continued improvement of Hardy and a second HS option WOTP would go a long way to keeping them in the system.

Another option would be to open Ellington/Western to neighborhood kids, but also keep the city-wide, application-only arts and music track.  It would be a way to cooperate in achieving the common good.  It would also really diversify the core curriculum classes, which would benefit all of the students. If anyone at DCPS likes this idea, I don't see why they could add onto Western's expansion by putting in even more classrooms.[/quote]

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